stop

A1
Pronunciation
/stɒp/
/stɑp/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

Example Sentences
  • They agreed to meet at the bus stop.
2 Definition

An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

Example Sentences
  • That stop was not planned.
3 Definition

That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

4 Definition

A device intended to block the path of a moving object

Example Sentences
  • door stop
5 Definition

A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

Synonyms
occlusive plosive
6 Definition

A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

7 Definition

A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

Example Sentences
  • The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
8 Definition

One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.

9 Definition

A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

10 Definition

The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

Example Sentences
  • The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
11 Definition

A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.

12 Definition

A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.

13 Definition

An f-stop.

14 Definition

The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

15 Definition

A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.

16 Definition

A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cease moving.

Example Sentences
  • I stopped at the traffic lights.
2 Definition

To not continue.

Example Sentences
  • Soon the rain will stop.
3 Definition

To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Example Sentences
  • The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
4 Definition

To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

Example Sentences
  • One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
5 Definition

To cause (something) to come to an end.

Example Sentences
  • The referees stopped the fight.
6 Definition

To close or block an opening.

Example Sentences
  • He stopped the wound with gauze.
7 Definition

(often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

Example Sentences
  • To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
8 Definition

To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

Example Sentences
  • He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
9 Definition

To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

10 Definition

To punctuate.

11 Definition

To make fast; to stopper.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.